Mellow Suites is a three star address on Rhapta Road in Westlands, part of Greater Nairobi rather than the centre itself. The deciding fact is the setting: it sits outside the quarter, so it works if you have your own transport and does not if you plan to walk to Biashara Street.
01What it is
Mellow Suites lists the practical basics rather than anything decorative. Free wifi and free car parking head the list, with a lift serving the building, laundry service, a smoking area and wheelchair access. A three star rating fits that: a working hotel with the essentials covered. Where the list is thin is the rest of a day. There is no restaurant on it, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer and no shuttle, so meals and evenings have to be found elsewhere. Twelve photos are on file, which is enough to see the rooms and public areas but not to judge much beyond them.
What that adds up to depends entirely on how you move. Mellow Suites is 4.06 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 51 minutes on foot in a direct line, and it is 3.45 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. If you drive, the free parking and the quiet of Westlands suit you. If you do not, the distances turn every trip into a decision. The place is for drivers, for people with business in Westlands, and for anyone who wants a plain, calm base. It is not for anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
037 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Reserving at Mellow Suites is simple if you know which nights you want, because the free cancellation means you can hold a room while you sort out transport. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. Nobody from this site has stayed here; the quarter copy around it is this site's own.
06Questions
Where exactly is Mellow Suites?+
It is on Asmin Court on Rhapta Road in Westlands, Nairobi, listed under Greater Nairobi rather than the central quarter. That places it west of the CBD, close to the Westlands offices and shopping, and well away from the government and business streets around City Market and Biashara Street.
Is Mellow Suites good if I want to walk around the city centre?+
It is not built for that. The centre sits 3.45 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. If your days are in the CBD, plan a car or a ride in, because walking will not carry you there and back comfortably.
What facilities does the hotel actually have?+
Free wifi, free car parking, parking, a lift, laundry service, a smoking area and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the list, so you eat out and spend evenings elsewhere. The lift and level access help if stairs are a problem for you.
How do I check whether a room is free on my dates?+
Availability and the full room list are shown when you search on app.impt.io, which is where this property is booked. Put in your dates and the number of people, compare what comes back, and take the rate that fits. Free cancellation means an early hold costs you nothing if plans change.
